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The suggested techniques for studying and remembering information come out of cognitive psychology and, in my opinion, have a solid basis. The authors provide practical, easy-to-implement techniques for information acquisition, maintenance, and proficiency -- small things like previewing material, condense notetaking, and error analysis on practice exams for self-monitoring your understanding. Of course, none of this is groundbreaking for the bright student, but who couldn't use a focused, concise manual to remind them of effective strategies. If you've got the money, this book is not a waste.

The book is a somewhat helpful review of study skills. The authors break it down into the Basics, Acquistion, Maintenance, and Proficiency. Later in the book they cover specific strategies for various classes. Some of these are helpful and probably make the book owning.

The book's biggest weakness is that it tends to be a bit vague about improving study skills and never really presents an organized and integrated methodology for improving ones study skills. They do explain the obvious, like suggesting that you should test yourself on the material, not simply read it and attempt memorize it, but that is about as far as they take it. Lots of tidbit tips that are valuable but they are presented in a chaotic manner.

This book would not be my first choice for a study guide book and certainly can not be considered a definitive guide. I would buy it again for the study tips relating to particular courses as I hope these will be useful, but for developing/improving general medical study skills it would be best to look at other texts as well.

Don't waste your money! Nothing valuable is written in this book.

I am going to be a 1st year in the fall and I have had some trouble with my study skills. After reading the first half of this book(in 2 days),I am already comprehending and remembering more information. The tips and examples are specifically geared toward medical students and they really work! There is a sample study schedule, tips for how to study for different subjects, and pros and cons of all types of study approaches. A must read for any medical student!

The content is so non-specific and vague, the book is useless. Thats because the authors do not write anything that is not already common sense. If you have common sense, why waste your money on reading something that does not add any additional detail or specificity. There are other much better resources. As a fourth year med student, the great emptiness of this book is unavoidable.

This book is just awesome! It isn't a book you just plop down in a chair and read, but one you absorb a chapter or topic at a time. Re-read it as necesary and then when you think you grasp or remember most of the information move on to another. It is organized so that you can look up specific subjects that you are interested in without reading the whole book through, by the way. There's more information within its pages than you can shake an Olympic bar at and much of it you will be hard up finding anywhere else...much less all of it in one book. Don't think of Science of Sports Training as your guide to weight training or a specific sport. It's a compilation of all the finer things for those that already know their sport well, that can only come from a very experienced coach. You could say it's geared toward those with a mindset of being a "student of sport", not just a practitioner of some recreational fun. Mr. Kurz has alot of knowledge to convey to the West if they just give him a mind ready to absorb what he offers, I personally really appreciate the effort he put forth into giving us this book, as there are few like it at all esp. from Eastern European coaches. If you appreciated "Science and Practice of Strength Training" by Zatsiorsky, you should definiately pick this one up too.

From all the negative comments I have read, I had to reply. This is a must have book for anyone who wants to understand about sports training. This book gives you a general guide that can help you in any sport. This book is not a bunch of BULL. It is "RATIONAL SPORTS TRAINING" from Eastern Europe. It gives scientific descriptions to help you understand how each type of training would work. This book is not about specific sports training or how to train in a specific manner. Its about understanding methods of training to reach peak performance with as much minimal effort as possible(also note SCIENCE of Sports Training).
Some believe this book to be trivial or a bunch of bull. Well, I guess these people believe that all the scientific experiments done in this book is a bunch of bull. These experiments are done to show specific results that vary from recent to past. So, some of these experiments still remain valid. Experiments were done by REAL scientist.
Another reason for one to not like this book is if they can't exactly read. Most of the book is not really difficult to understand, unless you have basic reading school. You must think about it to understand it. It does get technical from time to time. This lack of understanding of the text by people who don't understand, as the reviewers Matt and Matt above has said, don't think about what they read. At first, I didn't understand the text of some topics. After thinking and looking back at the book, I have a greater understanding of sports training. One reviewer note taking showers with different temperatures as trivial. Kurz notes that one should shower after a workout as part of rest. One should change temperature, so as to "invigorate" the body. If you want to see the validity of this statement, try it at home sometimes. Workout like weightlifting,etc. and try it. If you are not invigorated then I guess rational sports training is nonsense(changing temperatures, to clarify myself, means showering from warm to cold to warm to cold,etc.).
Though i have commented on a lot of positive aspects, the book does have some negative aspects in my opinion. This book is comprehensive, but some topics could be expanded upon like nutrition. The book maybe sort of complex in that you may lose your way. This means that you might remember a topic, but not quite clearly understand, and it is kind of hard to find it in the book.
Some notes Thomas Kurz as unprofessional. I guess tough love is unprofessional for some people. Read some questions asked to Thomas Kurz. They are pretty stupid. I mean its in the damn book. If I asked a stupid question, then I must be doing something wrong in my training. Being scolded would note the inefficiency of my training. I guess some people can't handle a little bit of a direct answer; My dad is worse than Thomas Kurz!
I have learned a great deal about this book. Without it, I would seriously be hurting myself. There is info that can change the way you train for the sake of safety and possible improvements. If your serious about training this is a must have, but if you are a person who is not serious, then don't waste your time to write a incoherent, unlogical review of this book!

This book contains a wealth of knowlege extracted from scientific research journals and, at times, feels more like a survey article than a traditional book. This results in a very densely packed tome of data on all aspects of training. However, this type of book may not be suitable for all readers. To put it bluntly, you are meant to study this book and not passively read it. And when I say study, I mean be prepared to take notes and scribble down your thoughts. This isn't a book that you're going to lie down with and read in bed. Those familiar with Kurz knows that he does not mollycoddle the lazy and those that don't bother to think things through and this book certainly continues that tradition. You are expected to put in some kind of effort in developing your training method. This is actually quite reasonable: Kurz simply cannot be expected to draft up example workouts for every type of athlete.

The key to appreciating this book is to realize what it is meant to do and what it is not. This book provides a wealth of data that you can use to develop your training regimen. It is not meant as a "by-the-numbers" description of exactly what to do and when. For example, other authors may tell you to do such and such. Kurz will report on exactly how level of performance improvement resulted from doing that in a controlled study and cite the appropriate research article. It is up to you to determine whether this level of performance is sufficient to justify incorporating the specific training methodology in question within your regimen. Kurz' intention seems to be to provide the reader with the necessary data to make informed decisions regarding training. What you do with that information is up to you.

This is a no-nonsense book. Other sports training books feature lots of photographs of attractive male and female athletes in superb physical condition performing the exercises. Those pictures have been replaced with graphs displaying cold, hard data in Kurz' book. Kurz does not waste time trying to motivate the reader.

If you are serious about your training and want to be responsible for crafting your own training regimen then this book will be a goldmine for you. The depth and breath of knowledge contained within its pages is astonishing. If, however, you want to be fed example workouts and explicitly told what to do, then you will be confused and frustrated with this book. I can easily see an exasperated reader sceaming "Get to the damn point, Man!" when reading this book. It comes down to whether you want to be your own coach or not. I've found it to be a wonderful resource and would definitely recommend it for advanced athletes and those who are serious about their training. However, for the begining athlete, this may not be the best choice for a first book on subject of scientific training.

This is a reference book on sports training. Kurtz discusses principles of training for various goals, such as strength, endurance, technical and combination of those. All relevant topics are covered: assessment of trainees, warmup, periodization, training cycles and many other subjects. The book is very comprehensive and is extensively referenced. It is also easy to read.

I understand the frustration of some of the reviewers, because the book does not have the actual recipes for training. However, after reading it recipes are just not needed: one can design training programs according to the goals with the long term view.

After reading some of the more negative reviews encouraged me to write - A lot of this book has to be read in context, and it isn't a textbook on how to get better at playing a certain sport and it isn't a textbook on the mechanics of the body. These can be found in most local library's many times over.

What it covers is the planning and control of training for peak performance, i.e. it tells you finer points that are often missed, for example how to cope with jet lag isn't going to be a problem if you don't travel, but for major athletes travelling is a part of the course which isn't touched in most books.

To agree with another review - this book does need to be studied, not flicked through and pick out 'facts' or to criticise because of sections being pulled out of context.

Also as an aside, Kurz's manner might be a little abrupt, but I bet he gets a lot of questions (I have asked a few and had them answered in a constructive way). He probably gets a lot of drivel in these questions and probably puts sarcastic answers to make writers think before they ask stupid questions.

Office 2003 and Office XP are very similar. This book could guide you through both. This book is basically useless with Office 2007. The framework of Office 2007 is very different.

Even though I have used Microsoft products for a number of years, I found this book helpful. This book gets you started using the basic features of the different Office products. The explanations are detailed yet not boring. The diagrams are easy to read and relevant to the text.

I do wish that before the step-by-step excercises they would briefly explain what is about to be done.

This book is very good as a refresher manual. May be a bit complex if you are not familiar with it. Yet, overall, its a great reference book.

First of all, the CD did not have all of the Practice Files I need to actually USE the book. Second, the features it runs through are so basic as to be useless to anyone who has ever used Word, Excel, etc. There's nothing on how to creat mail merges in Word, for example. This was a complete waste of $20. Only buy this crummy book if you know absolutely NOTHING about Word, Excel, etc.

"In browsing through this I was amazed to find out there were so much more that could be done in Office 2003 than I ever knew" ?!
This is true only if you're totally, absolutely new to any edition of Microsoft office not just 2003, that is you've never or barely used Microsoft office before.
If that's the case, then any book including this one here is a great one. But if you have minimum knowledge about Microsoft office don't waste your time and money, I'm saying this because I've been teaching Microsoft office for years now and I can hardly recommend this book for a beginner level.
There are much better books out there, try the Special Edition(Que) or the Inside Out(Microsoft) series.
5 stars for this book is a misleading review and aims only to boost the bad rating this book have.

Recieve on time with reimbursement check- seller had already used the textbook code. Would do business again.

This book is fairly easy to read. Lots of good/useful case studies.

Book was in great condition. Received exactly as described. Top class seller.

I ordered this book for my upper level business course at the university i attend and it is complete worthless to me. I needed the cases that WERE supposed to come with the book. Yet i received only the subject matter information, needless to say i wasted my money and i had to run copies off of someone elses text book. Maybe next time i will just pay the extra $60.00! At least ill know its the right book. Thanks!

Same contents as the hard cover edition but this version does not come with BSG online access code. If you will need to play the Business Strategy Game online, you will need to pay $35 extra for online access code.
Language is a bit simplistic, not the type you would expect in a business textbook.

I will be beginning Med School this fall, and I was still questioning what field would make me most happy. This book was able to solve that mystery for me. This edition is new, and updated, and all of her data are recent. She guides you through every field of medicine, including new fields like Medical Genetics, and Radiation Oncology. This is a must read for any Med student (or Premed) who is unsure of their future goals. This book will remain usefull throughout Med School, as it also contains important information about the residency match program.

My roommates and I bought this book together looking for a comprehensive overview of each specialty-- typical practice settings, level of competitiveness (for residency spots, fellowship spots, and beyond), income, and future prospects/directions for each field. We wanted numbers with an objective interpretation. We couldn't find such information anywhere else, and, unfortunately, we didn't find it here either.

This book is a hodgepodge of trite quotes and whatever the author found during a 15-minute search on Medline-- I know because I tried it myself, and I got the same handful of articles that she cites. The information she presents is often outdated or taken out of context, and is generally too vague and/or superficial to be of use in any case.

I cannot imagine how anyone other than the author herself would rate this book highly. Save your money.

I wish I could recommend some more useful resource, but I still haven't found it.

I decided to give this book a chance, even though I was skeptical that someone who never went to medical school could give advice on choosing a specialty. Her book didn't tell me anything that I didn't already know. I wanted to learn about what really makes each medical specialty unique, but the "question and answer" format made each chapter almost identical. The answers were so vague and non-specific that you could apply them to almost any specialty. I finished each specialty chapter wondering "I forget - what specialty was I reading about again?" Definitely an over-rated book, but perhaps because there are no other books out there on this subject.

Most medical students are hesitant to choose their medical specialty. No book until now has solved this dilemma in a proper way except this one! I was asking myself this question before graduation, and I saw this book at the Toronto Bookstore 2 years ago, but didn't want to buy it cuz one of my friends told me that there were many web sites which will help you choose your future specialty. Unfortunately, I didn't find a comprehensive book or at an article or a website about that. Then after graduation, I had the chance to visit Toronto Bookstore again and decided this time to buy it!

Part I: The Challenge of Specialty Choice including (Planning your specialty choice, Finding a speciality that is right for you, Considering your options, Career planning in an uncertain world).

Part II: The Specialties and Subspecialties including: Allergy and immunology, Anesthesiology, Colon and rectal surgery, Dermatology, Emergency medicine, Family medicine, Internal medicine (Cardiology, Endocrinology and metabolism, Gastroenterology, Hematology, Infectious diseases, Medical oncology, Nephrology, Pulmonary disease, Rheumatology), Medical genetics, Neurological surgery, Neurology, Nuclear medicine, Obstetric and gynecology, Ophthalmology, Orthopedic surgery, Otolaryngology - Head and nech surgery, Pathology, Pediatrics, Physical medicine and rehabilitation, Plastic surgery, Preventive medicine, Psychiatry, Radiation oncology, Diagnostic radiology, Thoracic surgery, Urology.

A composite picture of each specialty is drawn in terms of (General information, Residency information, American Board of medical specialties certification, Supply and projections, Economic status and types of practice, Further information, Why choose this specialty, What do you like most about this specialty, What do you like least about this specialty, What is your typical daily schedule, What abilities and talents are important in this specialty, what personality traits best characterize this specialty, what advice would you give to medical students interested in this specialty, what are the future challenges to this specialty, Job values of this specialty)

Part III: Emerging Specialty Areas including: (Addiction medicine, Administrative medicine, Adolescent medicine, Critical care medicine, Geriatric medicine, Hospice and palliative medicine, Sports medicine, Women's health).

Part IV: Practice Options inlcuding (Clinical pathways, Non-clinical pathways, Geographic location).

Part V: After You Have Chosen a Specialty including (Planning for residency, Military programs, The couples match, Shared-schedule residencies, What happens if you don't match, Changing specialties during residency and afterwards).

Appendix which contains: Quesionnaire, First-year postgraduate positions offered through the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP), Residency competitiveness tables, Summary profile scores, Selected web sites.

This book comes in 331 pages. I hope there will be an update for it since its last 3rd edition (1999). However, it is the MOST comprehensive and useful book for medical students. I sincerely advise every med student to buy it.

Great work Dr. Anita Taylor. Keep up the good work!

This book is filled with answers to the common questions a prospective medical student might ask a practicing physician. Every specialty is reviewed with the same general and specific questions: "How much do they make?"; "How long is the residency?"; What is your typical day like?"; and "What do you like the least and best in your field?" Ms Taylor also reviews emerging specialties. This book was EXTREMELY helpful and I recommend it to all newly accepted and attending medical students.

This may be one of the driest textbooks I have read so far in my Master's Program.

Not that much new material was added to this edition of a classic text. This was a good candidate, in fact, for the now-burgeoning movement to have students buy earlier editions of very expensive textbooks.

Even with Amazon's pricing, this softcover, 500+ page work goes out the door for over seventy clams. My students found serviceable copies of the third edition for a lot, lot less, and I thought that was a good thing.

Hey, if the new edition added that much incremental value, I would have insisted that this edition be procured. But so little is substantively new here that I had a hard time insisting on it...

This is a good general introduction guide to the field of Training & Development (T&D). The basic terminology is covered in the book and the examples used to illustrate the points he makes are good.

However, a lot of the information is now somewhat outdated due to advances in technology, the Internet and the use of these things in the T&D field now. Since this book was published in 2000, it sorely underestimates the use of technology in T&D.

I found this book to be very informative and the wide variety of topics covered involving training and development give a little something for everyone. The information in the book it present in digestible about and definitions are given for all information that may be unclear. For the beginner the is book is good but I would recommend it for use in a classroom setting where the lectures or some other form of discussion can supplement the material covered.

Noe has hit the nail on the head with his exceptional presentations and breakdowns of employee development (My reason for choosing this book.) His explanations of the need for the companies to become competitive and how to achieve it with traditional and cutting edge approaches makes this a must read. The reasons for training, how to do a needs assessment, and get employees to be the best they can be, becomes obtainable with his step by step processes. Go for it. You won't regret it.

Dugard surveys Mexican War history from the biographical angle - following the trajectory of the new class of professional soldiers graduated from West Point Military Academy through their early careers on frontier outposts and their first battle action as comrades in the disputed Tex-Mexican regions.

Dugard shows a deft touch in tracing the parabola forward 15 years to the Civil War when many of these great leaders, once great friends and brothers in blood, would face each other on opposite sides of the battle lines. By drawing the connections between these best-known leaders (primarily Grant and Sherman and Lee and Davis, as indicated in the subtitle) in the Mexican War, Dugard shows that he has learned the difficult principle of historical writing that sometimes the unsaid word conveys more than unneeded ones. Readers, better-educated on the leaders and battles of the Civil War, will draw the pictures of irony and poignancy in their own minds, and Dugard's book is better (and shorter) for it.

While Dugard traces some of the background and history of the Mexican War to set the stage and move the interactions between the principles forward, this is not an intended or exhaustive history of the Mexican War and its battles. It is an eminently readable account of how these men's careers were shaped and deflected by the Mexican War, and how those experiences prepared them for the epic conflict yet to come.

One thing that really jumps out is how personal the bonds of loyalty and national patriotism were at this early stage of American history. The now-familiar Stars and Stripes of the American flag was newly adopted, and the Mexican Conflict was the first fought under its red, white, and blue colors. In addition, the difference in standing, objectives, and accoutrement between the very small cadre of professional soldiers and the much larger corps of short-term, poorly-trained, and independently-led volunteers is a key component of the fighting and outcome of the Mexican War. In one of the more powerful passages of the book worthy of quoting at length, Dugard tells of the triumphant return home of Jefferson Davis after leading the volunteer Mississippi Rifles through the war:

"But Davis and the First did not step off those steamships in the garish red and white uniforms that once made them so easily visible. The State of Mississippi had sent a new outfit to the unit that was more in keeping with the national spirit. The new uniforms had reached them at the mouth of the Rio Grande. When the First Mississippi walked down the gangplank and back onto Mississippi soil, they now wore blue uniforms, just like their regular army brethren. And so, on that day, after a lively barbecue that included thirteen rounds of toasting, the military career of Jefferson Davis came to an end--in blue."

The mantle of united national power and patriotism, Lincoln's great accomplished objective of the Civil War (still undiminished in light of 145 years of history), blinds our backward-looking eye to the regional loyalty and feeling that pervaded those still-early years of the Republic. The personal bonds of loyalty, blood and friendship forged in the Mexican War overcame the regional disputes, political battles, logistical problems, and numerical disparity on those distant Mexican battlefields.

Dugard does a very good job of telling those stories of blood and loyalty.

Did you know that George Pickett would become "something of a cult figure for graduating fifty-ninth in a class of fifty-nine and then later led one of the most famous cavalry charges in the history of modern warfare"? On page six, this book imparts the astounding historical fact that Pickett's Charge was mounted. 145 years, millions of words, hundreds of book, thousands of prints and paintings but Martin Dugard found the truth. However, there is no footnote proving that Pickett's Division road to battle on July 3, 1863. Without that little detail, I will continue to think they were an infantry division and the men walked both ways.
The dust jacket says Dugard is a "bestselling author of non-fiction", while that may be true, he is not a historian. The book has multiple direct quotes and no footnotes to support them. At the end of the book is a section entitled "Selected Notes and Biographies" that is designed to make the book appear to be a serious history.
The book is readable but neither a history of the War with Mexico nor a history of the men involved. This is a series of stories, strung together about men who would be generals in another war. At best, it is a readable introduction. At worst, it is full of errors, misquotes and misstatements.

Well written, easily understood exposition on a relatively unknown chapter of American History. I particularly enjoyed this glimpse into some of the formative experiences of so many of the men who would play major roles in the Civil War.

I was very disappointed with The Training Ground. It is a good read but you can't trust it. There are numerious factual errors. On page 160, Mr. Dugard states "He (Abraham Lincoln)was born in Kentucky and lived there until moving to Illinois at the age of 22." Maybe Mr. Dugard considers the 14 years that the Lincoln family spent in Indiana as just passing through? The Lincolns moved to Illinois when Abe was 21 and they had lived in Spencer County Indiana since he was 7.
When I started the book, I hoped to learn more about men that I knew mostly from the Civil War. The farther I got into it, the more I felt a need to double check Dugard's statements

A history book that you cannot put down. Dugard impeccably details the landscape of war and the tremendous strength, loyalty, leadership and courage of young men faced with insurmountable circumstances. The writing is fluid, informative, and rich. One of the many strengths of The Training Ground is the manner in which the chaos and brutality of war is contrasted with individuals and how their lives are forever affected. I've heard the term "page anxiety" used with history books. There is none to be found here. I found this book bold, informative and told from a perspective lacking in its genre. An exellent, excellent read.

I am no educational research expert, but the Sadkers seem to have a very left-wing political slant in their presentation of "the facts". Their so called "You be the judge" and other controversial issue discussions often give both sides without any evidence behind the various points of view, leading the reader to believe that they are equally valid.

The book isn't particularly useful either when it comes to seeking real world advice on lesson planning, disciplinary procedures, or how a mere teacher can make his/her voice heard on the school district board to effect change. It's highly theory-based and speaks in very general terms. This is characteristic however, of many published pieces in the genre. Facts, figures, and charts are prominent and welcomed, but are few and far between.

Overpriced for little content.

The seller of this book was not upfront in her business dealings. I needed the 5th edition, and she put the ISBN # for the 4th. Consequently I ended up paying an outrageous amount for an out of date book. The content of the book is good, but inn comparison with the current edition doesn't compare with the quality.

The other reviews for this are for the old edition and not the Brief Introduction to Education, so please be aware that the date of the reviews is before this text was published.

In reading the other reviews, it was obvious that the reviewers missed the point of the text--it is to be used in an introductory course, not in a course where preservice or practicing teachers would be designing lessons and units.

This text provides a great overview of the educational issues and problems that someone contemplating becoming a teacher needs to know about before investing time, energy, and money into obtaining certification. The brief version is much better, more up-to-date and student friendly than the original text by Sadker and Sadker.

For anyone contemplating being a teacher, the issues presented in this text may help you decide if you really have what it takes to be a classroom teacher. It gives an overview of the political, economic, and social issues facing educators as well as the historic perspective of American Education.

Well worth the cost.

The book was very detailed. We used in our college class and it really has very interesting, upto date information. It tells us how to teach, can teaching be taught or is it an art or science. The book also tells us about pedagy and we discussed adrogogy as well.

I thought this book was hilarious and I love cats. It was meant to be a humorous parody of the human to human relationship books out there. It does stereotype cat behaviours, similar to the self help-relationship books that stereotype gender behaviors. That was the spirit in which it was intended since many of us view our relationship with our pets, similar to our other human relationships.
I think the reviewers that gave this a low rating need to lighten up.

My cat wrote this review. He says, "What I like most about books is that, if you lay on one, people tend to stop reading and pet you. I plopped down on top of this one and it felt pretty comfortable. Sure enough, my pet human stopped and gave me a great massage. She says the book explains why we cats can be aloof and disdainful. It has many "Dear Abby" type letters, classified ads, advice and definitions.

One classified ad read, "If you're submissive, read on. Upbeat, Rubenesque Maine Coon seeks good home with endlessly giving, insecure owner who'll try to please me even when I'm having a hissy fit. The right owner will never assume he's doing too much for his pet, or experience moral outrage if I "get lucky" with a gopher. Let's have lunch and talk."

This book also offers a peek into a cat's mind and offers other advice that our humans ought to know. Hey, my human is still laughing over it -- so it must be good. Besides, I like to see my pets amused. You might want to educate your pet humans with this book, too."

I thought I was buying a book that would give me insight into my cat's world. What I got was a joke book and the punchline is always "Your cats just not that into you." Ok, I get it. I guess I'll take the author's advice and take her to the spa, and drop this book off in a donation bin along the way.

This book is written from the point of view of someone who doesn't like cats. It's amusing but not laugh-out-loud funny.

This is an outstanding physical education book for anyone who has the occasion to work with kids. As a teacher his games are creative, gets everyone involved, teach body awareness, movement, provide ample aerobic activity and are just plain fun. Games are well described and can be modified to fit a particular group.

Most of the games are the exact same thing only different titles and themese are used. It is difficult to do many of the activities with numerous children.

I had first checked this book out from our library. After going through it I deceided to order a copy for myself. I found that it provided a nice varitey of games. Some of the games lent themselves to being modified to fit my needs. Most of them I will use just they way they are. I'm looking forward to trying them out.